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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(4) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(4) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution “and where a dispute occurs the matter shall be referred to the Independent Adjudicator” for “except in accordance with a direction of a Minister”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(5) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(5) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “Independent Adjudicator” for “Minister”.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 96(6) of Principal Act 5. Section 96(6) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “Independent Adjudicator” for “Minister” in each place where it occurs.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, line 18, to delete “subject to the consent of the Minister given”.I shall be brief because the amendment is somewhat related to the previous amendments. Given the Minister of State's previous contribution, I can hazard a guess that he will not accept the two amendments. The amendment is about the removal of the Minister having the power in...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, to delete lines 29 to 31.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(2) The Ombudsman Commission may, if the investigation so requires, access the PULSE system.”.This issue has been discussed on Second and Committee Stages and the amendment recommends that access to the PULSE system by GSOC is given on a statutory footing and not by way of protocols. If I may...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 5, line 37, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “within 30 days”.I will be brief. Sinn Féin has concerns that the Garda sometimes can cause undue delays in the granting of information or data to GSOC investigators. The amendment proposes to replace the words "as soon as practicable" with "within 30 days". Its...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I support the call by Fianna Fáil for a debate on healthcare. We have called for that several times over the past few weeks. I also support the call for a debate on cuts to rural bus services, which is very topical at the moment because of a decision by Bus Éireann to cut almost 100 rural bus routes. Under the changes, 15 communities will be left with no direct services and many...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 95: In page 42, lines 31 to 33, to delete all words from and including "but" in line 31 down to and including "1977" in line 33.This amendment seeks to remove the proposed cap on re-engagement and reinstatement which was introduced by the Government. This is at the suggestion of ICTU who warn that the inclusion of the provision is a significant step backwards in...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 106: In page 47, after line 36, to insert the following:Safeguarding Employees “55. In addition to existing provisions in enactments that to safeguard workers from penalisation and victimisation, an employer or any person acting on behalf of an employer shall not penalise an employee for seeking to exercise or having exercised any entitlement under employment...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Clearly, it is not working.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Does the Minister believe that existing legislation sufficiently protects workers from exploitation or victimisation? He would not find a single trade union representative anywhere in the world who would agree with him after reading the legislation.There is a weight of evidence from those who take cases, from the volume of cases and from the nature of cases to a number of high profile...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That is insufficient.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: If the Minister cannot do it here, where can he do it? Will he bring forward separate legislation?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I am asking a question. I am not shouting at all.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: No. I will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Coffey and Mr. Fielding and thank them for their contributions. We are looking to produce a document on low pay, decent work and a living wage. The starting point for all of us would be a fair economy offering decent pay and decent work. We also want to have a sustainable economy. I argue that a more sustainable economy is one which offers decent work and decent pay. A total...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Mr. Fielding opposed the minimum wage.